Advent Quote by Mel Torme

So I'm sorry, I'm going to continue to talk to the people, because I do believe that if they get to know you and…

— Mel Torme

As a singer, the biggest joy I have are the arrangements.

— Mel Torme

I hadn't been a recording artist all that long when albums came on the scene, and I was one of the first singers to…

— Mel Torme

Because Chicago was to radio what Hollywood was to films and Broadway was to the theatre: it was the hub of radio.

— Mel Torme

But, in fairness to them, too, the popular song per se is really a pretty shallow medium to perform in.

— Mel Torme

As Buddy Rich, for instance, broke into the business at the age of three, I think it was, on drums, so indeed did I…

— Mel Torme

Whenever I did a good performance, my Dad and my uncles, who were rabid movie fans, took me to the movies. There began my…

— Mel Torme

To me, nostalgia is nothing more than a mindless plundering of the past for the commonplace.

— Mel Torme

How many radio shows I did is lost to memory now; it's in the hundreds - maybe even close to being in the thousands…

— Mel Torme

See, I never wrote arrangements for the band for Judy Garland; I did strictly special material, special lyrics, put together all of her medleys.

— Mel Torme

There isn't a dearth of it, but I will confess that it's harder for me to find songs on which I'm willing to invest…

— Mel Torme

I want to sing for the broadest possible audience.

— Mel Torme